Ninety-two years after its initial release, Minneapolis trio Brute Heart were commissioned by the Walker Art Center to construct a soundtrack for the German Expressionist film, “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”. Deftly evoking its subject matter, the score transitions from moment to movement; gorgeous, elegant viola & cello swell to tense alien landscapes to mystic passages of looping melody. It’s a style uniquely their own, one in which Brute Heart have been mining via bass, drums, viola, keyboard & their collective voices for two prior full-lengths (Brass Beads & Lonely Hunter, the latter on Soft Abuse). Few have the compositional prowess of these three & Moon Glyph is grateful to release in its entirety, their formally recorded score to this silent noir masterpiece.
Brute Heart
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
| Format | CS |
| Catalog Number | MG53 |
| Edition | 150 |
| Side A | 1. These Are Spirits |
| Side B | 1. There Are Spirits (Reprise) |
Brute Heart |
Crystal Brinkman |
Modular Synthesizer |
John Marks |
Recorded/Mixed |
John Marks |
Photos/Sculptures |
Jonathan Kaiser |